mr. wyden: mr. president? the presiding officer: the the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: i will yield in a moment to mr. daines, but just so we're clear in terms of my response to the distinguished senator from texas, he has, as some have tried to do, sought to characterize this as kientd kina routine kind of matter, that this was a rule of criminal procedure, of no great import without any far-reaching consideration. i can tell you, mr. president, cybersecurity experts around the country have spoken out virtually unanimously about the consequences of the government accidentally breaking their computers without telling them. i don't know of anything that is routine about this at all. under this change, the government can search potentially millions of computers with one single warrant issued by one single judge. and, tragically, there's no difference in terms of law enforcement access between the victims of a hack and the perpetrator themselves. so we're talking about clobbering victims twice. first they get clobbered by a hacker and then they could get hurt by the

mr. wyden: reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: thank you, madam president. madam president, first of all, it is with great disappointment and regret that i note that senate republicans are willing to throw aside a 40-year tradition of honesty and openness in our presidential elections by blocking the presidential tax transparency act. now, with respect to their own proposal, i want to be clear on this point. the bill that i have authored, s. 2979, the presidential tax transparency act, affects all the candidates for president in an attempt to preserve the tradition of openness and accountability that is no longer being honored. the proposal offered by my colleague from texas on behalf of senate republicans responds with a bill targeted at one candidate, one candidate. a proposal that all our true national security experts have said would harm america's security -- it's not just for their benefit. it's for the benefit of the american people so that we have a smooth democratic transition of power without risk to our national s

mr. wyden: thank you, mr. president. i am going to be very breevment i know senator brown feels very strongly about this as well, so i'm just going to make a few remarks and certainly leave time for him. i want to commend senators franken and klobuchar who have talked to me about this issue many times. we today in the finance committee with a significant bipartisan vote were able to pass the minors legislation to address the -- the miners legislation to address the health care needs of those minors. as my two colleagues have pointed out, at its heart, this is the same emergency. today it is the mine workers. tomorrow it can be the truckers. the next day it will be the construction workers and the wood workers in my part of the united states. and as my colleagues have said, the reason that's the case is for generations of americans, getting a good-paying job came with a simple bargain: you worked hard, you earn add wage and benefits, and those benefits wouldn't be taken away. today, bit by bit, that bargain is crumbling.

mr. wyden: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president, if ever there was an issue that ought to be bipartisan, it's tackling the zika virus, because this virus of course is taking enormous toll on our country. what we're seeing is women and men getting infected, research stalling out, babies being born with deformities and severe disabilities. my view is there shouldn't be anything bipartisan about tackling this. it ought to be just common sense. the senate ought to come together, and we ought to have done it quite some time. yet, republican leaders seem to be putting this into slow motion because they want to limit access to the very health services pregnant women depend on for their care. it seems when you listen to their view, it is almost like giving pregnant women cans of bug spray and wishing them good luck. now that, in my view, just defies common sense what i've always felt -- and this has been true throughout my time in public service -- that the big public health issues were the safety and well-being so many americans

mr. grassley plans to do so he. lee's office says they are still waiting to hear back. wydengoing to introduce legislation and try to get it done before that deadline. >> i'm surprised to hear the supreme court just kind of did. this you mentioned that there was no case filed, right? >> right. >> what is this power the supreme court was exercising with no case before it. >> right. well the federal judiciary have different rules committees and they proposed changes along the way. something that the administration through the justice department has been pushing for. all these regulations bubble to the supreme court which has now approved these amendments that only congress can stop it. >> this is a power the court has always had and we just don't hear about it very much. >> something done very quietly that's why these senators are getting together to sound the alarm because they will say it will be over before anybody has a chance to object. >> all right, shannon, thanks very much. hillary clinton and donald trump both talk about terror and refugees. but it was trump's son and

mrs. capito: i understand that s. 3348 introduced earlier today by senator wyden is at the desk and i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title for the first time. the clerk: s. 3348, a bill toomentd federal election campaign act of 1971 and so forth. mrs. capito: i now scar ask for its second reading and object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection is heard. ing the bill will be read for the next time for -- for the second time on the next legislative day. mrs. capito: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 3:00 p.m. monday, september 19, following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their later use in the day. further, that following leader remarks, the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to h.r. 5325. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. capito: if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under

mr. trump is using to publicly disclose anything, he will not do so until the audit is over. senator ron wydeno get a vote on the senate floor yesterday. he was blocked. it would force that action. matt: the irs will not disclose whether or not donald trump is under audit. aaron: that is right. scarlet: what will the irs tell us -- if you were to press the irs, how much information is it able to reveal? aaron: if we were able to see the tax returns, the backers in congress that want disclosure say there are some data points missing. they say we would know more about the tax rate donald trump phase, understand more about the charitable deductions he might be taking, and we might get a better understanding of how donald trump, if he became president, would want to change the tax code, or preserved certain tax laws that might be favorable to him right now. what about typical procedure -- can we ask the irs whether or not is -- it is allowed to show tax returns that are under audit, or whether or not we are able to see tax returns that are under an audit? aaron: i think that is more of a privacy i

mr. wyden: mr. president, i want to thank senator merkley and senator peters for their courtesy to speak for just a few minutes. in a few days, mr. president, it will be exactly one year since the tragic shooting that took nine innocent lives and left nine more injured at umcor community college outside of rosenberg. senator merkley and i will be there in a few days. we understand the families and the friends of those lost, injured, students, faculty and staff. this anniversary is going to be a painful remierpd -- reminder of an extraordinarily difficult day. senator merkley and i are so proud of that community. we call it ucc strong. and yet we want to remember those individuals whose lives were ripped away that day and all in the community who have been suffering. other goanans every -- oregonians everywhere have those families and victims in their thoughts. senator merkley and i have spent a lot of time in rosenberg over these last fuel months and folks there will tell you they do all they can to